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Charles Darwin's seminal work laying the foundations for the principles of evolutionary biology via natural selection, based on evidence that he collected during his expedition on HMS Beagle in the 1830s.
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The Harvard Classics: Volume 11 - The Origin of Species
1937, P.F. Collier & son
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The origin of species by means of natural selection: or, the preservation of favored races in the struggle for life
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Bibliography: p. [v]
"First Modern library edition, 1936."
CONTENTS:
On the origin of species. Introduction -- Variation under domestication -- Variation under nature -- Struggle for existence -- Natural selection -- Laws of variation -- Difficulties on theory -- Instinct -- Hybridism -- On the imperfection of the geological record -- On the geological succession of organic beings -- Geographical distribution -- Geographical distribution-continued -- Mutual affinities of organic beings : morphology : embryology : rudimentary organs -- Recapitulation and conclusion.
The descent of man. The evidence of the descent of man from some lower form -- On the manner of development of man from some lower form -- Comparison of the mental powers of man and the lower animals -- Comparison of the mental powers of man and the lower animals : continued -- On the development of the intellectual and moral faculties during primeval and civilised times -- On the affinities and genealogy of man -- On the races of man -- Principles of sexual selection -- Secondary sexual characters in the lower classes of the animal kingdom -- Secondary sexual characters of insects -- Insects, continued. Order : lepidoptera. (butterflies and moths) -- Secondary sexual characters of fishes, amphibians, and reptiles -- Secondary sexual characters of birds -- Birds : continued -- Secondary sexual characters of mammals -- Secondary sexual characters of mammals : continued -- Secondary sexual characters of man -- Secondary sexual characters of man : continued -- General summary and conclusion.
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